1990–91 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team

1990–91 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
1990–91 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	19–11 (8–6 ACC)
Head coach	Dave Odom;
Assistant coaches	Larry Davis; Ricky Stokes; Jerry Wainwright;
Home arena	LJVM Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1989–90 1991–92 →

The 1990–91 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented Wake Forest University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference during the 1990–91 NCAA men's basketball season. The team was led by 2nd year head coach Dave Odom, and played their home games at LJVM Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference

Record19–11 (8–6 ACC)

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Dave Odom

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1990–91 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Duke	11	–	3	.786	32	–	7	.821
No. 4 North Carolina †	10	–	4	.714	29	–	6	.829
Wake Forest	8	–	6	.571	19	–	11	.633
NC State	8	–	6	.571	20	–	11	.645
Georgia Tech	6	–	8	.429	17	–	13	.567
Virginia	6	–	8	.429	21	–	12	.636
Maryland	5	–	9	.357	16	–	12	.571
Clemson	2	–	12	.143	11	–	17	.393

† 1991 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

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Wake Forest finished in a tie for third in the ACC regular season standings with an 8–6 conference record. The team lost to Virginia in the quarterfinal round of the ACC tournament. Despite the early exit from the conference tournament, the Demon Deacons received the No. 5 seed in the Southeast region of the NCAA tournament – the school's first appearance in seven years. The team defeated No. 12 seed Louisiana Tech before losing to No. 4 seed Alabama in the round of 32.^[1] This season formed the foundation of a school-record seven straight NCAA tournament appearances between 1991 and 1997.

Electrifying freshman Rodney Rogers was named ACC Rookie of the Year^[2] and head coach Dave Odom was named ACC Coach of Year for the first time.

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference regular Season
Nov 23, 1990*		Howard	W 108–74	1–0	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Nov 24, 1990*		Fairleigh Dickinson	W 67–55	2–0	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Nov 27, 1990*		at No. 6 Alabama	L 95–96 ^{OT^[3]}	2–1	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Dec 1, 1990*		at Tulane	W 81–79	3–1	Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, Louisiana
Dec 6, 1990*		vs. Villanova	L 82–91	3–2
Dec 8, 1990*		at Davidson	W 72–56	4–2	Johnston Gym Davidson, North Carolina
Dec 22, 1990*		Richmond	W 82–56	5–2	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
ACC Regular Season
Jan 2, 1991		Maryland	W 74–62	6–2 (1–0)	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Jan 6, 1991		at Georgia Tech	L 91–101	6–3 (1–1)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
Jan 9, 1991*		Colorado	L 72–89	6–4	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Jan 12, 1991		at Clemson	W 93–88 ^OT	7–4 (2–1)	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina
Jan 14, 1991 9:00 pm		at No. 14 Duke	L 67–89	7–5 (2–2)	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina
Jan 19, 1991		NC State	W 97–76	8–5 (3–2)	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Jan 23, 1991		No. 7 North Carolina	L 81–91	8–6 (3–3)	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Jan 28, 1991*		Miami (FL)	W 72–66	9–6	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Jan 31, 1991*		Winthrop	W 71–48	10–6	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Feb 2, 1991		at No. 15 Virginia	L 80–83	10–7 (3–4)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb 6, 1991* 7:30 pm		Bucknell	W 83–67	12–7	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Feb 9, 1991		Georgia Tech	W 86–74	13–7	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Feb 10, 1991		No. 11 Virginia	W 74–66	14–7	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Feb 13, 1991		at No. 8 North Carolina	L 81–91	14–8	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Feb 16, 1991 4:00 pm		No. 5 Duke	W 86–77^[4]	15–8	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Feb 23, 1991		at Maryland	L 78–86	15–9	Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland
Feb 24, 1991		Clemson	W 81–55	16–9	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Mar 2, 1991		at NC State	W 89–84	18–9 (10–6)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina
ACC Tournament
Mar 8, 1991*		vs. Virginia Quarterfinal	L 66–70	18–10	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina
NCAA Tournament
Mar 15, 1991*	(5 SE)	vs. (12 SE) Louisiana Tech First Round	W 71–65	19–10	The Omni Atlanta, Georgia
Mar 17, 1991*	(5 SE)	vs. (4 SE) No. 19 Alabama Second Round	L 88–96	19–11	The Omni Atlanta, Georgia
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. All times are in Eastern Time.

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